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The Apostille is the documentary device by which a Government's Foreign Ministry authenticates a recognized Public Document, such as a University Degree, as genuine, thereby legalizing that document for use in any other member country under the terms laid out in the 1961 The Hague Conference on Private International Law.
For instance: an accredited Degree awarded by a Russian correspondence school to a student in London becomes legally valid in the student's home country (in the United Kingdom, and in about 100 other countries) when it is Apostilled by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Once a Public Document has been Apostilled, thereby providing official Government verification of the signatures and stamps appearing on it, it is automatically deemed legalized for use in any other member country. |
An Apostille consists of the following:
- name of country from which the document emanates
- name of person signing the document
- the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted
- in the case of unsigned documents, the name of the authority which has affixed the seal or stamp
- place of certification
- date of certification
- the Government authority issuing the certificate
- number of certificate
- seal or stamp of the Government authority issuing certificate
- signature of Government authority issuing certificate.
The simplicity and lack of ambiguity has led to the Apostille becoming a favorite form of validation of documents worldwide, in all countries and jurisdictions that are actually signatories to the 1961 The Hague Conference.
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Apostilled legalizations of Concordia College & University degrees are available only upon enrollment, at no extra cost to our enrollees. The apostilled legalization of your degree will be attached to your degree certificate without delaying the shipment of your graduation package.
For an updated list of all The Hague member countries which have abolished the old style legalization requirements of foreign documents, and have adopted the mutual recognition of Apostilled authentications instead, please review this external link.
You can only benefit from having your Concordia College degree apostilled if your home country figures on this current list of The Hague U.N. Convention members that have abolished the old-style legalization of foreign public documents, and have mutually adopted the Apostille instead. |
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